Rick Donato

Today I'm going to show you an inbuilt debugger tool that you can use in Ansible to help troubleshoot your tasks and playbooks. As per the Ansible docs, the debugger tool allows you to: … fix errors during execution instead of editing your Playbook and running it again to

In Case You Missed it The Linux Return CodeToday we are going to quickly cover the Linux return code and its use in the world of network automation. What is a Return Code? A return code (also known as an exit code) is: a numeric value that is returned by

Today we are going to quickly cover the Linux return code and its use in the world of network automation. What is a Return Code? A return code (also known as an exit code) is: a numeric value that is returned by a process (to its parent process) when terminating

Thanks to everyone who attended the -- Network Testing 101 /w Cisco pyATS -- this week. For those of you who couldn't make it, you can check out the recording below. You can also find all of the code from the session within the following GitHub repo: GitHub

In Case You Missed it This month saw the release of Packet Coders first open-source tool - Nornir Inspect. If you want to learn more check out the post below (includes video). An Introduction to Nornir InspectNornir Inspect is a tool, developed by Packet Coders to help learn, and troubleshoot

Nornir Inspect is a tool, developed by Packet Coders to help learn, and troubleshoot the config management framework - Nornir.

In Case You Missed it How to Use Jinja Custom Filters within NornirIntroduction If you’ve automated the generation of your network configuration, chances are you’ve used Jinja. If not, Jinja is a templating engine used to generate text-based files from data input. Below shows a quick example: One

Introduction If you've automated the generation of your network configuration, chances are you've used Jinja. If not, Jinja is a templating engine used to generate text-based files from data input. Below shows a quick example: One feature that Jinja provides is filters. Filters allow you to

In Case You Missed it Python Tip - How to Dynamically Assign AttributesToday I want to share with you a small tip on how to dynamically set class attributes within Python. Before we do, I just want to point out that this is actually something I learnt a few months